The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees were playing on July 11 and Fox Sports was showing the game. Analyst Harold Reynolds went on at some length about how he was convinced that the Red Sox, to that point having an abysmal season, were about to...

Mike Babcock is through his first exhibition season as the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who finished the show-me schedule with five straight losses. As Steve Simmons wrote in the Toronto Sun: “Do you get the feeling Randy Carlyle and...

After Yogi Berra died on Tuesday night, The Associated Press sent out a news alert announcing that “Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Bear has died.” Mike McLaughlin, a lecturer at Washington State U, pointed out: “They made a...

The opening weekend of the NFL season brought with it some controversy over the frequency of commercials hyping fantasy sports sites during telecasts. Frank Pallone Jr., a New Jersey congressman, wants an investigation into whether these sites are...

Here’s Cam Hutchinson of the Saskatoon Express after the Saskatchewan Roughriders fired head coach Corey Chamblin: “Another good thing about the Chamblin firing? We won’t have to listen to goofs calling him Chamberlain on post-game...

If you’ve watched the Chicago Cubs this season, you will have noticed the youth on their roster. How young are the Cubbies? Reggie Hayes of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel writes: “These Cubs are so young, they think manager Joe Maddon...

Mercedes-Benz has purchased naming rights to the facility in Atlanta that is to be the new home of the NFL’s Falcons. It’s a 27-year deal said to be worth US$12 million a year. . . . That is believed to be a bit more than the City of...

Someone from the London Telegraph asked South Korea’s Chung Mong-joon — he wants Sepp Blatter’s job atop FIFA — about Blatter’s attempts to keep clear of the scandal that has enveloped soccer. The response:...

OK, here’s the deal on gasoline prices, as I see it. Gasoline is a commodity. With oil somewhere below $50 a barrel, big oil is losing money. Lots of it. (Well, actually, they aren’t losing money; profits just aren’t in the...